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      member. <br>
      ICANN 2018 Nomcom is also nominating Stephane Van Gelder for this
      award.  <br>
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      Regards,<br>
      Leah Symekher<br>
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      On 3/27/18 15:15, John More wrote:<br>
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            <div class="">On Mar 27, 2018, at 5:45 PM, Eduardo Diaz <<a
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                  style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Please
                  read the attached email received from Paul Díaz,
                  Member of the PIR Board.</div>
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                  style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">I
                  worked with Stephanie for a couple of years while in
                  the NomCom and can attest to Stephane's merits.</div>
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                  style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">I
                  am getting ready to send Paul a response that NARALO
                  is supporting his suggestion but need to consult with
                  the region first. I will go ahead and do this tomorrow
                  if I do not receive any objection(s).</div>
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                <div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message
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                  From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Diaz</b> <span
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                  Date: Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 10:43 AM<br class="">
                  Subject: [So-ac-sg-cleaders] FW: Ethos Award
                  nomination for Stephane Van Gelder<br class="">
                  To: "<a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org"
                    class="" moz-do-not-send="true">so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org</a>"
                  <<a href="mailto:so-ac-sg-cleaders@icann.org"
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                          class="">Dear colleagues,</span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"
                          class="">Please excuse my use of this email
                          alias, but I hope you’ll agree that it’s for a
                          good reason. As I’m sure you’ve heard,
                          Stephane Van Gelder died over the weekend
                          after being involved in a traffic accident.
                          While the CPH (in particular) is still reeling
                          from this news, we want to show appreciation
                          for all that Stephane contributed to the ICANN
                          community over the years. To that end, we are
                          nominating him for the 2018 Multistakeholder
                          Ethos Award (see below).
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                          class=""> </span></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"
                          class="">Several of you have already expressed
                          support for this nomination, and I’d like to
                          invite you all to co-sign the nomination form.
                          The
                          <b class="">deadline is tomorrow</b> (28
                          March), so please don’t delay. Stephane was a
                          key contributor to the ICANN community, and a
                          respected colleague. Please contact me
                          directly if you would like to support his
                          nomination.</span></p>
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                          class=""> </span></p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"
                          class="">Best, P</span></p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span
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                            class="">Paul Diaz</span></b><span
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"
                          class="">Chairman, Registries Stakeholder
                          Group</span><span style="" class=""></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"
                          class="">Mobile:<a
                            href="tel:%28703%29%20973-1667"
                            value="+17039731667" target="_blank"
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                            703.973.1667</a> | Skype: <a
                            href="mailto:pdiaz@pir.org" target="_blank"
                            class="" moz-do-not-send="true">pdiaz@pir.org</a></span><span
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                              href="mailto:regycon@googlegroups.com"
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                              moz-do-not-send="true">regycon@googlegroups.com</a>
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                            <b class="">On Behalf Of </b>Paul Diaz<br
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                            <b class="">Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 27,
                            2018 10:31 AM<br class="">
                            <b class="">To:</b> RySG Mailing List <<a
                              href="mailto:regycon@googlegroups.com"
                              target="_blank" class=""
                              moz-do-not-send="true">regycon@googlegroups.com</a>><br
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                            <b class="">Subject:</b> [REGYCON] Ethos
                            Award nomination for Stephane Van Gelder<br
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                            <b class="">Importance:</b> High</p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">All,</p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">The CPH ExComs have prepared
                        these responses to nominate Stephane Van Gelder
                        for the 2018 Multistakeholder Ethos Award.
                        Please review for accuracy and feel free to add
                        any additional text.
                        <b class="">Nominations are due 28 March</b>
                        (Wednesday), so we don’t have much time. Several
                        ExCom members have been in contact with
                        colleagues across the community, and we expect
                        broad support for this nomination.</p>
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                      <p class="MsoNormal">Please explain how the
                        nominee meets the Award criteria #1?</p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Stephane
                        Van Gelder became part of the ICANN community in
                        1999 when he co-founded Indom, a French
                        registrar that was later acquired by Group NBT
                        in 2010. He subsequently formed an independent
                        consulting firm, and also worked at StartingDot
                        before it was acquired by Afilias in 2016.
                        During all of those years Stephane served in
                        numerous leadership roles, including as GNSO
                        Council Representative for the RrSG and GNSO
                        Council Chair (2010-2012), Nominating Committee
                        representative and Chair (2015), and RySG Vice
                        Chair of Policy (2015-2018). Throughout,
                        Stephane strove to work across constituencies to
                        collaborate and build consensus on key issues
                        facing the ICANN community.</p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal">Please explain how the
                        nominee meets the Award criteria #2?</p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">As
                        noted above, Stephane Van Gelder served in
                        leadership roles in the RrSG, the RySG, GNSO
                        Council, and the Nominating Committee. These key
                        leadership roles required that he rise above
                        partisan politicking and seek consensus. In
                        particular, his service on the NomCom required
                        that he engage with people from other
                        backgrounds, cultures and interests in order to
                        achieve the group’s goals and best serve the
                        ICANN community.</p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal">Please explain how the
                        nominee meets the Award criteria #3?</p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Stephane
                        Van Gelder volunteered an enormous amount of
                        time serving the ICANN community. Besides all of
                        the time he spent on the GNSO Council,
                        Nominating Committee, RrSG and RySG, Stephane
                        also contributed countless hours on Policy
                        Development Process WGs and CCWGs. A tireless
                        networker, he was always debating with
                        colleagues across the community. Stephane also
                        made the time to brief ICANN Fellows on the how
                        the ICANN community functions.</p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal">Please provide any further
                        information in support of your nomination for
                        panelists to review during the deliberation
                        process as appropriate:</p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
                      <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in">Stephane
                        Van Gelder tragically died from injuries
                        suffered during a traffic accident on 26 March
                        2018. While we’ll never know what other services
                        he may have provided the ICANN community,
                        Stephane’s lasting legacy will be the
                        significant body of work he performed over the
                        years. We believe this legacy fully lives up to
                        and deserves the recognition of ICANN’s
                        Multistakeholder Ethos Award.</p>
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